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Because the evaluation of practice could be argued as being the most important use of research methods for the social worker, the evaluative research study is given a lot of emphasis in this text. The key themes include the analysis of the behavior being treated, the comprehensive description of the intervention being used, and the research design employed. A review of the system of evaluation (input, process, output, and outcome) provides a framework for understanding the various things that may be evaluated in human services, and places outcome evaluation, the key theme of this chapter, into perspective. The reader is taken through the steps in evaluative research with regard to an example of the treatment of depression in a mental health facility. A set of practice exercises are given, one for each phase of the evaluation process.